South Africa's collapse in their Women's World Cup opener against England was down to "one of those days where the top order and the middle order failed on the same day", according to their captain Laura Wolvaardt . Sent in to bat in Guwahati, South Africa were bowled out for 69, their third-lowest total in women's ODIs, and lost by ten wickets.

Wolvaardt insisted they were "much better than 69 all out" and backed her side to bounce back.

"I think our prep has been good, I don't think there were too many demons in the pitch," she said after the match. "It was just one of those days where everyone went out early and that happens in cricket sometimes. It was not a pitch that we were super foreign to. We spent a lot of time in these conditions in the last couple of months, so definite

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